Farage brands John Bercow a 'HYPOCRITE' for Trump speech objections in fiery rant

NIGEL Farage branded Commons Speaker John Bercow a ‘hypocrite’ in a fiery on-air rant during his radio show.

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage raged against Mr Bercow’s comments to Parliament in February, where the Commons speaker announced his objection to President Trump addressing Parliament.

Mr Farage’s words were in reaction to a comment from a listener to his LBC show named Colin, who said: “Protesters and Sadiq Khan profess their hatred for a democratically elected President, but the Saudi Arabian king was fine.”

The MEP seemed to agree with the comment, claiming to his audience that Sadiq Khan and anti-Trump protesters were “hypocrites” before singling out Mr Bercow.

Mr Farage said: “Including, in particular, John Bercow, who has held Parliamentary receptions for all sorts of monstrous tyrants, and yet John Bercow saying he would not sanction the President being on the estate of Parliament.

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In February, Mr Bercow won the applause of MPs as he told the Commons he would strongly oppose inviting Donald Trump to address Parliament.

The House of Commons Speaker railed against the US President addressing MPs during a proposed State Visit as a mark of “our opposition to sexism and racism”.

His stark remarks came as he was quizzed by Labour’s Stephen Doughty, who asked if the Speaker was aware of the grave concern from some MPs regarding an address by the US President to politicians in the Palace of Westminster.

Nigel Farage blasted Speaker John Bercow on his LBC show (Image: LBC)

Mr Bercow responded: “I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump to speak in the Royal Gallery.

“We value our relationship with the United States, if a state visit takes place, that is way beyond and above of the pay grade of the Speaker.

“However, as far as this place is concerned I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism, and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations.”

Any parliamentary address from the President would require the approval of Mr Bercow.

He said he would oppose any possible move to invite Mr Trump in either of the two Houses which host foreign leaders during state visits.

The Speaker said he was against an address even more so since the US President introduced a controversial temporary travel ban on seven mostly Muslim countries.

His comments were met with cheers and applause from some Labour and SNP MPs inside the Chamber.

In July, President Trump arrived in the UK for a four-day visit to meet Prime Minister Theresa May and the Queen.

However, Mr Trump did not make an address to Parliament and did not make a formal request to do.